Picture-frame attachment.



A.-L. ROGERS.

PICTURE FRAME ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1911.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

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I entrenste ADA L. ROGERS, 01E MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE.

PICTURE-FRAME ATTACHMENT.

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Specification of Letters fatent.

Application filed February 2%.1917. Serial No. 150,981.

To all who/wit may concern.

Be it known that I, DA L. Rooms, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby, State of 'lennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Frame Attaelnnents; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saline.

Ihis invention relates to new and useful improvements in picture frameattachments, and has for its primary object to provide a device of thischaracter which is both cheap to manufacture and simple in construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which isadapted for atl'acln'nent to the top rail. of the picture framecentrally thereof thus eliminating the use of tacks or screws with aconnecting wire or the like as is the common practice.

A further object of the invention is to provide means which is securedto the frame the front thereof.

A further object of the invention is to so construct a device of suchcharacter that movement of the frame is reduced to a mini mum thusmaintaining the picture in vertical position at all times.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l'is a rear View of a portion of a picture frame showing theinvention as applied thereto.

Fig. 2. is a detail view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a modified form of the device, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4l-4:: of Fig. 2.

Referring" more particularly to the drawings the device comprises twotack members 1 each of which is formed of a single strand of wire, oneend of Which is bent to form aloop 2, the other end being tapered toprovide a penetrating: point 3.

Connecting said tack members 1 is a loop 14 of non-resilient wire, eachend of which in such a manner that it is invisible fromis looped as at5, said loops lyins in the same plane as the body portion of the memher4. The ends 6 of the loops 5 are bent upwardly illllO engagement withthe body por- {ion l and are arranged in relatively closely spacedrelation for the reception of a suitable supporting nail. or the like 7.Intermediate its ends, the body member 4 is bent as zit- 8, this bentportion 8 acting in conunction with the ,ends 6 of the loops 5 to form areceiving pocket for the supporting member 7 As shown in Fig. 3, in lieuof one of the tack members 1 a screw eye 9' may be employed.

The device used manner:

The tack members '1 are driven int the top rail of the picture frame andthe member t is engaged over a supporting nail which is received withinthe bent portion 8 thereof as shown in Fig. 1. lVhen the member 4 hasbeen passed over the supporting member Z the ends 6 of the loop members5 engage the opposite sides of the supporting member 7 thus preventinglateral. movement of the member 4 with respect thereto and serving tomaintain the proper vertical position of the picture frame.

.ln attaching the device as shown in l lig. 4 the screw threaded member9 is first driven into the picture frame and alter the same has beenproperly positioned the member 1 driyen in the proper distance. it I; Itis to be understood that the connection l ct\\"ccn the ittaching members1 and the looped member 4 is loose to permit the loop to-l e droppedinto engagement h the attaching" members 1 in order that they may bedriven into the frame by any suitable driving means.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed is:-

A picture hangcr comprising an elongated member having its ends curvedand turned upon the member to 'n-oduec elongated terminal loops. theextremities of said member lying against the member and in relativelyclose spared relation said member in the following Fatented @ct. 35 il/it.

being curved longitudinally between the loops to bring the pgrtions ofthe member adjacent to its extremities into divergent relation, theextremities 61:" the member being arranged for the reception of asupporting device therebetween, and attaching devices engaged with theloops.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ADA L. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

H. W. HYMAN, O. L. MAsslpmoT.

